KOREAN PARENTS (HARPS AND ANGELS, 2008)
Randy Newman has never been afraid to take risks. The narrators of his songs say things (slave trade/short people) that he himself would never say, but that doesn't stop people from being angry with him personally. Newman was embroiled in another controversy over his song Korean Parents which uses 'deliberately bogus oriental music'. His double-edged lyrics are about the competitive relationship between Asian and American students in the public school system.

'Korean parents for sale/
You say you need a little discipline/
Someone to whip you into shape/
They'll be strict, but they'll be fair.'

Newman, who has won three Emmys and six Grammy Awards for his songwriting, said that he knew his provocactive song would get him into trouble, addding: 'You can't stereotype a people even if it's a compliment.'